It's The Summer of 1974. The Jackson 5 are a Dancing Machine. Stevie Wonder is Living For The City. President Nixon is leaving office amid an explosive scandal, and "JJ Evans" is Dy-no-mite. The country is between reaching for the stars, and moral damnation. And on the island many Blacks enjoy as a vacation haven, a movie crew on the beach is filming a shark tale titled 'Jaws'. But for Eric Collins, who is madly in love with basketball and pretty girls, both of which are a little out of reach—life is just getting started.
When his father is rendered unable to work, an imaginative young boy sets out to sell Christmas cards to raise money and help his poor family celebrate the holidays.
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